A Nov. 17 story about a developing war of attrition between Israel and the Palestinians contained an incomplete and possibly misleading quotation from an article in the Jerusalem Post. The full quotation, from a Sgt. Raz, an Israeli sharpshooter, was as follows: ‘I shot two people . . . in their knees. It’s supposed to break their bones and neutralize them but not kill them. How did I feel? . . . Well, actually, I felt pretty satisfied with myself. I felt I could do what I was trained to do and it gave me a lot of self-confidence to think that if we get into a real war situation I’d be able to defend my comrades and myself.’

Schmetzer’s incomplete rendition of the Jerusalem Post quote did not include the soldier’s final sentence, that he was satisfied because he would be able to protect himself and his comrades.

News organizations which promptly correct their errors should be recognized for their commitment to factual reporting. The Chicago Tribune deserves praise for correcting its misquotation of Sgt. Raz, the Israeli soldier, but should be faulted for leaving uncorrected its flawed chronology of the fighting in the Gilo-Beit Jalla area.